Sunday, 31 July 2016

Hello. It's me, Kerry here for my final post before the new team steps in. I can't believe how fast this year is flying by. I would like to thank Tenisha from Colour Blast for having me and allowing me to play with the awesome Colour Blast products. I am sure the team will have plenty of inspiration coming up, including the awesome new Colour Sprays, Colour Shimmer Dusts and Colour Mica Powders, so make sure you stop by when you can.

Today I have a card, it was super simple, but I love the finished result.

I used the Colour Paste in Royalty and mixed it with quite a bit of water.

I used the inside bit of a roll of stick tape like a stamp and picked up the watery colour and stamped it onto a piece of 300gsm watercolour paper.

I spritzed it with water to let the circles bleed a little and then added some smaller circles and some splashes.

Friday, 29 July 2016

Trudi back with the second part to my project that I shared earlier in the month with you. You may recall the steampunk inspired heart:

It now adorns the front cover of this paper mache mini album:

The cover was altered with Colour Pastes and Shimmer Sprays. Dusty Charcoal Colour Paste was first applied with a palette knife with a slight stippled effect created. Masked detail was then added withLeather Colour Paste and a cog stencil.

A button medallion was first painted with Deep Water Colour Paste and then accented with Leather and Deep Water Colour Shimmer Sprays.

The reverse of the cover was altered similarly as the front.

The mini album pages were adhered together and a 3D window box effect created by removing a rectangle section with a craft knife.

Masked detail was added with Leather Colour Paste.

Charcoal and Leather Colour Shimmer Sprays add colour.

The depth of colour was built up with accents of Deep Water and Sunshine.

Another altered frame was created and chipboard elements added for embellishment.

Chipboard was spritzed with Leather with accents of Deep Water Colour Shimmer Sprays.

With sadness, this is my last project for Colour Blast as a Design Team member. I would like to thank Colour Blast for the opportunity of being part of this fabulous team. It sure has been fun working with your awesome products and sharing some happy inspiration along the way.

Thanks so much for dropping by today, to see the products used today along with the full Colour Blast range follow the link to the website.

Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Hi Everyone, Kaye here again with a project I've been playing with. This is a prime example of projects that have evolved as I worked on them and ends up nothing like I originally envisioned.

At Christmas I was given a box of Whitakers chocolates and in true scrapbookers style I looked at the empty box and thought ...."that would make a great project!", so thats what I did.

I started with the box which I removed all the chocolate branding.

Next I painted the box inside and out with black gesso.

Once it was dry I started putting Colour Paste through a couple different stencils. I started with Deep Water and Steel in the top left hand corner.

then I used a diamond pattern stencil and the same two colours as well as Royalty. By putting several different colours over the stencil you get a really great end result .... just make sure you clean the palette knife between colours.

Now this is a prime example of why should plan your project out, because I didn't think of putting the die cuts on until after the Colour Paste which then meant I had to be really careful when painted over them with the gesso. I put some bricks in the bottom left hand corner and in the top right hand corner.

Because I wanted to create a focal point in the centre of the box lid I placed some chipboard cogs that I'd diecut inside the frame I was using and trimmed them to fit then glued them down and painted over them with black gesso.

I painted the wooden frame with black gesso and then looked at it and thought "no, to plain" so I used Deep Water, Steel, Royalty and Stormy Weather Colour Paste on my finger as a rub over the frame. I also used them as a rub over the cogs which will end up in the centre of the frame.

Once that was done I used a nice juicy clear ink on the top half of the chipboard word, and embossed it with Steel Colour Embossing Powder. Once it set I put another layer of ink and another layer of Steel Colour Embossing Powder to make sure I had a good thick layer. Next I repeated the process on the bottom half of the word using Royalty, making sure the colours slightly overlapped.

Once I had all the elements completed I glued down the frame with the word centred over the top.

I then added some beads and bling to finish it off.

And there you have it ..... the completed lid!

My next project is to make a mini album to go in the box.

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